Books like Melissa
12 books with a reading profile close to Melissa by Alex Gino. Inward-looking, clear-cut and thought-provoking; an easy read.
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One for the Murphys
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Carley Connors is placed with the Murphys, a foster family in Massachusetts, after her mother's boyfriend injures her.
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2
Mockingbird
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Ten-year-old Caitlin Ann Smith lives with Asperger’s syndrome in a world of black-and-white rules and literal interpretations.
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3
The Tiger Rising
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Twelve-year-old Rob Horton lives in a Florida motel with his father, mourning his mother’s death while repressing his grief through a skin rash on his legs.
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4
Inside Out & Back Again
by Thanhhà Lại
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Ten-year-old Hà lives in Saigon during the Vietnam War, where she stays close to her mother and three brothers while mourning a father missing in action.
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5
A Mango-Shaped Space
by Wendy Mass
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Mia Winchell has synesthesia: she sees sounds as colours and letters carry colours too.
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6
Rules
by Cynthia Lord
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Twelve-year-old Catherine struggles to balance her own identity with the demands of her family life in Maine.
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7
Other Words for Home
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Jude lives in a Syrian town with her family, loves American movies and dreams of acting, until the war comes close.
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8
Girl in Translation
by Jean Kwok
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Kimberly Chang is eleven when she and her mother leave Hong Kong for Brooklyn, with little English and a debt to her aunt Paula, who owns a clothing factory.
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9
The One-in-a-Million Boy
by Monica Wood
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Ona Vitkus is a 104-year-old woman who agrees to let eleven-year-old Quentin, a Boy Scout looking for a service project, visit her on Saturdays to help with chores and chat.
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10
The Black Flamingo
by Dean Atta
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Michael, a mixed-race teenager of Jamaican and Greek-Cypriot heritage, grows up in London feeling he is never enough of any single identity.
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11
Liar & Spy
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Seventh-grader Georges moves into a Brooklyn apartment building after his father loses his job and his mother begins working double shifts at the hospital.
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12
Clap When You Land
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Twin sisters Camino and Yahaira Rios live separate lives in the Dominican Republic and New York City, unaware of each other’s existence.
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